Director: Morten Tyldum. Screenplay: Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg Writer: Jo Nesbøl (the novel Hodejegerne a.k.a. Headhunters) Cast: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund, Eivind Sander, Julie R. Ølgaard Budget: 30.3 million Krone ($5.2 million) If you don’t gamble, you don’t win. – Roger Brown in Headhunters Movie buffs (the real ones, not the […]
(For SI blog reader unknownvirus who first recommended this gem and accurately predicted it’d win the Oscar) Salaam Aleikum, I have a religious question. I am working in a house. There’s an old man I’m supposed to care for. I wanted to ask, pardon me, but he has wet his pants. I wanted to know […]
Brakes are death. I hate brakes. – Bicycle messenger Wilee to his girlfriend Vanessa in Premium Rush Wow, who’d have thought a movie involving car bicycle chases would be this entertaining. Man, this is one scorcher of a film. Sometimes in movies even if the story is wafer-thin or almost non-existent the fun is still […]
Bet you schmucks will believe anything! If someone were to tell you that the Sun revolves around the Earth, I won’t be surprised if you most of you putzheads say ‘Amen.’ 😉 Oh well, much as I love candy, liquor is quicker. Hey, it’s Friday! If you chutiyas happen to be on 8th Ave in […]
I’ve heard the whiners cavil that for SI everything in life is either black or white. No shades of gray for your favorite blogger. A movie is either superb or it’s horrible. A restaurant is awesome or a Satanic hell-hole manned by Stalin’s aides. A Bollywood star can act (Vidya Balan, Tabu) or she’s the […]
These are challenging times in New York City. After the 9/11 attack on the twin towers and the Pakistani terrorist’s failed car-bomb attack in Times Square, the NYC cops have their hands full in thwarting another attack on the city. As always, one of the best defenses of any city or nation is an alert […]